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Turkey Creek Nature Preserve

Narrows Ridge & Thompson Trace Trail

3 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Narrows Ridge & Thompson Trace Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Turkey Creek Nature Preserve near Pinson, AL. It climbs 334 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi574 – 804 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Thompson Trace Trail 33.69959, -86.70480
Nearest town Pinson, AL
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Narrows Ridge & Thompson Trace Trail

3 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 575–804 ft

Out & Back · Turkey Creek Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Thompson Trace Trail · 33.69959, -86.70480

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Thompson Trace Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Narrows Ridge, heading SE.
  3. 1.1 miReach Thompson Trace Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Thompson Trace Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/narrows-ridge-narrows-ridge-out-back-3-sights-5-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:10 PM — 3 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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